Image: Grave of William Carey, India, ca. 1920 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS15-65)

Description: Grave of William Carey, India, ca. 1920 Black and white lantern slide showing the grave of missionary William Carey (1761-1834), his second wife Charlotte Emelia Carey (1761-1821) and third wife Grace Carey (d. 1835). Reverend Dr William Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society in 1792 and began its first mission to India in 1794. He worked in the Danish colony of Serampore, and translated the Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit and into regional Indian dialects. Carey was buried in the Mission Burial Ground at Serampore. After falling into disrepair, the grave was renovated in 2009. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.Photographer: Unknown Subject (personal name): Carey, William (1761-1834); Carey, Charlotte Emilia (1761-1821); Carey, Grace (d. 1835) Filename: IMP-CSCNWW33-OS15-65.tif Coverage date: 1915/1925 Subject (unesco): Missionary work Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960 Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file: Volume4/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS15-65.tif Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom Geographic subject (country): India Format (aacr2): lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm Geographic subject (continent): Asia Rights: Contact the repository for details. Part of series: Regions Beyond Missionary Union. India mixed lantern slides (CSCNWW33/OS15) Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk Date created: 1915/1925 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Subject (aat genre): exterior views Format (aat): lantern slides; photographs Geographic subject (state): West Bengal Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources Geographic subject: cemeteries File: CSCNWW33/OS15/65 Contributor: Newton & Co., 37 King Street, Covent Garden, London Subject (lcsh): Missionaries; Burial; Cemeteries; Tombs
Title: Grave of William Carey, India, ca. 1920 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS15-65)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/78320
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